Postal Service cutting Saturday mail to trim costs

February 6, 2013 10:43 AM

Home delivery of packages and mail delivery to P.O. boxes will continue on Saturdays.

Saturday mail could soon be a thing of the past, after the U.S. Postal Service announced plans today to drop deliveries down to five days a week to trim costs. Beginning the week of Aug. 5, home deliveries will cease on Saturdays, although packages will still be delivered, as will mail to post office boxes. The move is expected to save the Postal Service about $2 billion annually. Normally, Congress'...

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